Talking about several different installation methods of Windows 7

Windows 7 Beta1 has won a lot of praise since the public beta. Many netizens have downloaded Windows 7 Beta1, ready to install and experience, maybe you may have installed Windows 7 Beta1 is undergoing an experience. However, today gOxiA hopes to share with you a few simple ways to install Windows 7 Beta1.

We know that the traditional installation method is to burn the downloaded Windows 7 Beta1 ISO file to the DVD and install it, but this method may have some minor problems in some friends' environments, such as some friends have not yet DVDRW devices, or just the right hand, don't have a DVD-R or DVD-RW disc, but the feeling of an urgent need for an installation experience can be appreciated. OK, a popular method widely spread on the Internet these days is to use USB Flash (commonly known as U disk) as a carrier to decompress the files in Windows 7 Beta1 ISO, and then use U disk to boot and install, so it is really convenient A lot, and the speed is faster than the disc method.

In addition, we can also install by moving the hard disk, the method is different from the USB flash drive. There is also a network to install, such as through WDS or with MDT. It is easiest to install as a personal user via a USB flash drive or a removable disk, but it's important to note that if you have a system other than Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you may be disappointed. That is to say, if your current environment is Windows XP, then using the method provided on the Internet to format the partition is not able to boot properly, not to mention the installation! So if you plan to install Windows 7 Beta1 by the method mentioned earlier, you must meet one point, at least you need a Windows Vista machine, or you already have a Windows PE 2.0 CD.

Because the ability to use a USB stick or a removable disk for Windows 7 Beta1 installation is based on the fact that the storage device is partitioned and formatted by Diskpart under Windows Vista. So friends who have started using Windows Vista are forward-looking. Those who are still using Windows XP will not be able to make Windows PE even if they install WAIK now, unless you generate ISO format Windows PE and burn it to a CD.

In addition, the ISO 7 Beta1 ISO cannot be loaded and installed through the virtual CD-ROM tool that was released by Microsoft. Even if it is successfully loaded, it will prompt an error during installation. gOxiA has been using its own customized Windows PE 2.0, integrated into Microsoft's virtual drive tool, has been used for operating system installation, such as Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 M3 Build6801. However, it is now necessary to release Windows 7 Beta1 from ISO and then boot through Windows PE 2.0. Currently in Microsoft Connet's Windows 7 Beta Program test project, Tester has submitted a suggestion, hope that Microsoft can provide Native Mount ISO function in Windows 7, if it can be achieved, that would be great! At least after the user does not need to install the virtual CD-ROM software, not to worry that the virtual CD-ROM software is not compatible with the system.

OK! We will now review again an important step that must be performed when installing Windows 7 Beta1 via a removable storage device. Partition format and activate storage devices in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows PE 2.0. To do this, open the CMD with administrator privileges and perform the following steps:

diskpart

list disk (list the physical disks on the current computer)

sel disk 1( Select the mobile storage device, where the number 1 is the ID number of each disk when the physical disk is displayed in the previous list.

clean (Erase all information on the device, please backup the data in advance.)

create partition primary

format fs=ntfs quick (execute fast format using NTFS format)

active (active partition volume, bootable)

exit

After releasing the files from the Windows 7 Beta1 ISO to the storage device. You can use the latest version of 7Zip for release operations. (7Zip is an open source free decompression software that supports the currently popular compression formats.)

If you want to create a boot for Windows PE on a removable disk, you can refer to this blog. An article that has been written. The steps are similar, except that the partitions created are different in size. After all, many friends want to create multiple partitions on the mobile hard disk for data storage. If you have mastered the Diskpart command, I would like to know how to use it flexibly without gOxiA.